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University of Nebraska Medical Center

Category: Physician Assistant

We’re almost there…

Thank you to those SAHP faculty and staff who have already participated in this year’s United Way campaign. As of yesterday morning, the SAHP was leading the way on campus with 89% participation, and that’s awesome! We want to be even awesomer, however, by hitting 100% participation again for the third year in a row. […]

Sep 26, 2014

New faculty in PA will be lead faculty in Kearney PA expansion

Sheila Fleer, MPAS, PA-C, is a new assistant professor in our physician assistant program. She’ll be on-campus in Omaha for about a year as full faculty, and then will return to Kearney to be the lead faculty member for the new PA Program expansion there. Here, in her own words, is a little more about […]

Aug 29, 2014

Hoffman appointed as AAPA liaison

Erin J. Hoffman MPAS, PA-C, was appointed to serve for two years as the American Academy of Physician Assistant’s medical liaison to the American Academy of Pediatrics. The ultimate goal of the medical liaisons is to elevate the PA profession and the strategic relationships of AAPA with national physician and medical organizations and to improve […]

Aug 25, 2014

Welcome Jill Jensen to the PA faculty

Jill Jensen, MPAS, PA-C, just joined our physician assistant faculty. She’s a 2004 graduate of the UNMC PA program. Here’s a little more about Jill in her own words: “Since graduation I have worked in Atlantic, IA at a rural health clinic doing Primary Care and Emergency Medicine, for nearly six years. I then moved […]

Jun 23, 2014

PA staff members complete half-marathon

Can you run 13.1 miles? Geri Finn and Melissa Dorr, staff in our physician assistant program can. They both completed the Papillion Half-Marathon this past weekend. This was Geri’s third half-marathon and Melissa’s eighth. Why do they run? Melissa says, “Running is a passion of mine, and my son, Anthony, is my inspiration to lead […]

May 20, 2014

Annual SAHP Awards Ceremony and Forum on Evidence-Based Medicine

The annual School of Allied Health Professions Awards Ceremony took place on Wednesday, April 30, 2014. This year’s recipient of the SAHP Excellence in Research Award was Ka-Chun (Joseph) Siu, PhD, assistant professor, division of physical therapy education. This award recognizes significant research contributions and addition to the knowledge of the clinical, scientific, and/or educational […]

May 12, 2014

Another publication for PA

Congratulations to Stephane Vandermeulen, MPAS, PA-C, and her colleagues from Anatomy, on the publication of, “Enhancement of anatomical learning and developing clinical competence of first-year medical and allied health profession students,” in Anatomical Sciences Education. This is the first article demonstrating use of lightly embalmed cadavers to teach students how to examine for ligamentous injuries of the […]

Apr 30, 2014

UNMC PA students receive competitive scholarships

  Congratulations to Jessica Borrenpohl, Morgan Meissner, Grant Robbins, Gregory Stevens, and Morgan Wahlgren! These five UNMC PA students received scholarships at the Nebraska Academy of Physician Assistants (NAPA) Annual Conference on April 10, 2014 in Kearney. Each year many students from Nebraska’s two PA programs apply, and the award recipients are selected by the […]

Apr 23, 2014

Congratulations to Tami Ritsema on a recent publication in British journal

Tami Ritsema, MPH, MMSc, PA-C, had a recent publication, “Doctor Satisfaction with the Physician Associate Role,” in Clinical  Medicine: The Journal of the Royal College of Physicians. This is the first article to survey doctors in Britain about their experiences with the new PA role there. Congratulations, Tami!

Apr 17, 2014

Kudos to faculty with recent publications: Hoffman, Michael, Wampler, and Hanson

Erin Hoffman from the Physician Assistant program published in the official journal of the Association of Family Practice Physician Assistants: Hoffman E. Fever in the Young Infant, Advance for NPs & PAs, Mar 2014 Kim Michael and Kate Wampler from the Diagnostic Medical Sonography program: Michael K, Wampler K, Shostrom VK, Boals M, Anderson JC. […]

Apr 16, 2014